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;) | MALTA VILLAGE POSTMARKS QV to KGV (443 illustrated combinations). Price £75 WIP-39 (sent worldwide by pdf): Very few catalogues have been produced solely for the pricing of postmarks probably because it is a complicated and daunting task. Firstly a particular cancellation may be very common on one stamp but of extreme rarity on another SG number. Secondly how does the price reflect the quality of the strike - full and superbly struck, partially dated if a date stamp, or just a sliver of the strike? To take all the factors into consideration all 443 combinations are illustrated and priced accordingly to quality and SG number. Better strikes will have more value, poorer ones less value. Obviously there are other combinations but as I have no scan, at present, it would make pricing difficult. Some collectors will be shocked at some prices but most of the illustrated have either been sold by me, or still available in stock. Information is very valuable and the price for this first attempt for pricing Malta village postmarks is £75 but two further free updates will be available as and when requested. Payable by UK bank transfer (note Barclays Bank account now closed) or by PayPal. £75 |
;) | ST. VINCENT ILLUSTRATED COVERS PERIOD 1886 to 1906. Price £95 WIP-291 This pdf includes printing quantities, extended village cancel covers, interesting incoming covers, recipient names, provenance. Also included are 11 further loose stamps cancelled by the ST. VINCENT cds - the last 6 being oily in appearance, used 1902, and seemingly farmed out to a currently unknown office. Illustrations end 1906 so as to bring in the illustrated rare SHIP-LETTERS, ST. VINCENT cds. Price £95 which includes two free updates as and when requested. Payment by PayPal or bank transfer (ignore reference to Barclays Bank at check out as this account now closed). £95 |
;) | ST. VINCENT ILLUSTRATED COVERS from opening of village offices (DE 2 1876) to 1885. Price £125 WIP-290 This pdf is undoubtedly the most fascinating of the WIP-289, 290, 291 trio spanning period 1861-1906 as it starts with the activity associated with the DE 2 1872 village offices (manuscripts on loose stamps prior arrival of the three vertical A10); and the illustrated ABBREVIATED and EXTENDED village datestamp covers; delightful pieces plus selected incoming (Queensland etc); also listed are the fortnightly Sailing Dates to the UK (DE 12 1872 to JA 9 1880) with both names of RMSP vessels plus actual or expected Kingstown GPO cancellers for each sailing; printing quantities, provenance etc but also bringing in illustrations of 85 loose stamps cancelled by the ST. VINCENT cds. Price £125 which includes two free updates as and when requested. Payment by PayPal or bank transfer (ignore reference to Barclays Bank at check out as this account now closed). £125 |
;) | ST. VINCENT ILLUSTRATED COVERS PERIOD 1861 (June 8) to 1872 (November 27). Price £120 WIP-289 St. Vincent has always had special attention initiated by my being sent out to set up the Philatelic Bureau (1973-78) culminating in a staff of 126 girls and 30,000 customers prior my departure. WIP-289, 290, and 291 pdfs, spanning period 1861-1906, will be the files that future students of the ever popular St. Vincent postal history will look to in the future. This pdf embraces both the PAID AT ST. VINCENT Crowned Circles and Duke de Polignac correspondence. Dates and stamp quantities invoiced to the Colony are included; rate change dates; recipient address names added; provenance when known, plus some fine selected incoming covers. WIP-290 starts with the opening (DE 2 1872) of the village offices. Price £120 which includes two further updates of this pdf as and when requested. Payment by PayPal or bank transfer (note that Barclays Bank account is closed although listed at check out). £120 |
;) | GOLD COAST ADHESIVE COVERS period 1875-1900 - Price £40 WIP-111 - this pdf is immediately available with illustrations of selected 125 covers covering the early 1876-66 framed and unframed REGISTERED handstamps, the later single or double bisects on entire, the one-sixth 6d on entire, the Accra and Addah negative seals, the QUITTAH PAID, and only selected later covers embracing NORTHERN TERRITORIES including GAMBAGA, manuscript BOLE, purple BOLE, plus ANUM, MANSU. Destinations include British Honduras, British Guiana, and a later cover to China in combination with CHUNGKING L.P.O. 2c adhesive. A few, not counted, post 1900 are illustrated including North Borneo to Accra 1907 reply card. This is a work-in-progress pdf meaning that additional covers will be added as and when found. Price £40 which includes two free updates at times of your choice. Payable by Paypal or by UK bank transfer (note my BARCLAYS bank account closed). £40 |
;) | ST. VINCENT - the CHARLES FREELAND village postmarks collection WIP-287 A pdf showing approx. 400 illustrated ABBREVIATED and EXTENDED cancels to 1935. Perfect for attributing provenance to your collection. £60 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | DUALA, Kamerun postal history 1915 OHMS foolscap cover marked "On Active Service - No stamps available" countersigned by Osborn Beckett, Lieut. O.C. Majulla to Miss E.M. Jones, Worcester (and locally re-addressed to the Manor House, Broughton Hackett) with very fine DUALA (Kamerun) split circle dated 20.11.15 with Worcester 25 DE 15 arrival alongside. Contents being a wonderful hand-drawn and locally printed (with added water colours) "Compliments of the Season" two pager, bound by coloured thread Xmas Card "From The Royal Engineers with the West African Expeditionary Force" Duala Xmas 1915 with "Love and best wishes from Harold". A fine item for research £725 |
;) | SOHO R.O. BIRMINGHAM, Great Britain postmark a stunning block of twelve on GB QV 1d with thirteen upright individual cds dated A/AU 13 73, very defective edges but a block-buster display item. £125 |
;) | PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad on GREAT BRITAIN stamps: a stunning block of four Great Britain 1904 KE7 ½d yellowish-green (SG.218) pmk'd PORT-OF-SPAIN A/FE 4 06, some hinged perf. splitting middle right. Almost certainly unique. £80 |
;) ;) ;) | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND via Halifax, Nova Scotia with unique combination NEVIS + ANTIGUA (PEI69221) 1835 Prince Edward Island wrapper (written by Thomas Boggs Tremain JY 20) with handstruck circled “PAID” appended “8” above very light PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND dbl-arc centrally dated “29 July 1835” marked “care of Rich. Tremain Jnr, Halifax (Nova Scotia)” to John Wood, Antigua showing both undated 2-line NEVIS transit and ANTIGUA arrival fleuron dated OC 13 1835. An exceptional destination from PEI with ta unique combination wo differing British West Indies pre-stamp arrivals clear of reverse flap. £2000 |
;) | BARBUDA to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE postal history (BARB69436) 1932 underpaid cover to Witmoss Station, Cape Province with Antigua KGV 1d tied BARBUDA JU 10 32 cds, alongside chunky bold \\\"1d\\\" Postage Due handstamp and Witmoss Station 27 JUL 32 d/ring, b/stamped St. John\\\'s JU 15 1932 d/ring. £225 |
;) | HAITI (Jacmel), DANISH WEST INDIES (St. Thomas), UK (Liverpool), SIERRA LEONE (Mano Salija) (SL69432) 1904 use of Haiti 3c green UPU Post Card written \"Jacmel 29 Sept. 04\" marked p. S/S Canada to the c/o Herrn Carl Kuhrmann, Manoh-Salijah, Sierra Leone pmk\'d Jacmel 29 SEPT 04, St. Thomas 2 10 1904, both Liverpool and London OC 19 04 arriving MANO SALIJA A/NO 19 04. £1250 |
;) | ST. VINCENT: AN UNPRICED ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE GB/40c and ABBREVIATED VILLAGE CANCELS (WIP-285) this pdf is now available and can be with you in minutes when order placed in "BUY THE BEST" section of shop, payable PayPal or by UK account bank transfers (Barclays Bank account CLOSED). Illustrated are 51 different GB/40c combinations (as used Biabou, Georgetown, and Kingstown) and 277 different Abbreviated village combinations. The £60 price includes two additional free updates as and when required as this is a work-in-progress file, and there will be additions as and when they come along. The St. Vincent abbreviated village cancels are probably the most sought after postmarks in the British West Indies group set against their delightful Perkins Bacon stamp colour backgrounds (no trade or customer discounts). £60 |
;) | SEYCHELLES to BRITISH HONDURAS then via JAMAICA to GRENADA (SEY69113) 1897 use of 30c PSE pmk\'d Seychelles A/FE 20 97 to His Excellency Sir Alfred Moloney, Belize, British Honduras showing BELIZE C/AP 5 97 arrival, re-directed Grenada in blue crayon with superb 2-line JAMAICA/TRANSIT b/stamped KINGSTON 3E/AP 23 97 transit d/ring alongside ST. GEORGE\'S C/MY 4 97 arrival cds. Some soiling but a remarkable Four Countries destination showpiece. Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney KCMG (1848-1913) was a British colonial administrator. He served as British Administrator of The Gambia from 1884 to 1886, Governor of Lagos Colony from 1886 to 1890, Governor of British Honduras from 1891 to 1897, Governor of the Federal Colony of the Windward Islands from 1897 to 1900, and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago from November 1900 to 1904. It was during his term as governor of Trinidad and Tobago that the 1903 Water Riots took place. The riot resulted in the destruction of the Red House, the seat of government. £1400 |
;) | SIAM (THAILAND) to DJIBOUTI Sensational destination, and you know how incredibly rare early REGISTERED post cards are! Written in French by A. Bradae (acute accent over e) DE 1 1901 with return address c/o Siam Canals & Irrigation Company, Bangkok to Pierre Faivre, Djibouti with boxed "R", Bangkok transit (top left), Singapore, Aden (DE 30 01), Sea Post oval appended "1789". The rate should have been 4att (postage) and 10att (registration) but someone took a great liking to the missing 10att for its splendid postmark, and there would have a greater incentive if the Thai stamp added LAOS or CAMBODIA (and later a substituted 1 att put in its a place). The clues of origin are the 8 rayed star within the fleuron on the 4att whose ink matches the town/village boxed key-shaped local registration handstamp - has anyone ever seen this EXACT FORMAT rare mark before? What a wonderful 4-countries item, and what a wonderful mystery to be solved. £2000 |
;) | The VINCENT DUGGLEBY "The G.P.O. Cancellations" mounted on his album pages. Price £15 (WIP-284) being the balance of this collection on 30 album pages (some better pages removed) with 226 illustrated items comprising GB/40c (3 pages), various types "A10" in black or red (7 pages), ST. VINCENT cds (6 pages), Kingstown cds in red ink (2 pages), Kingstown in black ink (7 pages), G.P.O. cds (3 pages), miscellaneous (2 pages) with LATE FEE and a re-construction of the 4-line "RECEIVED/GOVT. OFFICE/ST. VINCENT/JAN 18 1900" as old QV stocks were withdrawn from sale 31 December 1899 and seemingly sent to the Treasury for cancellation and most subsequently destroyed. Price £15 (no trade or collector discounts) payable by PayPal or UK bank transfer (note that Barclays Bank account is closed). A useful record sometimes showing how difficult it is to get a good strike on certain issues. (Note: on Page 2 the first with GB/40c does not have REVERSED CA wmk and is SG.48a and not SG.48, and on the worn GB/40c page the lower right mixed ink is not SG.43 but a re-perforated SG.38 as it has upr. small star wmk!) £15 |
;) | Perkins Bacon 1881 QV 1d drab LARGEST MINT MULTIPLE (STV69537) A delightful well-centred top left corner marginal pair clearly showing the small star upright watermark of the Perkins Bacon 1881 QV 1d drab (SG.37, Cat.£1300), fresh colour (light shade, almost grey as per PML handbook Page 59) and mounted only in the margins. An exhibition item. The Pierce, Messenger, Robson Lowe handbook (PML) on page 59 confirms a mint pair being the largest known multiples with examples in the Gilbert Lodge collection and the Royal collection (the bluish line shows my scanner needs replacing!) £900 |
;) | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (Ex Crosby, Carr) postal history (PEI69532) 1866 wrapper with two pairs QV 3d blue for the double provincial 3d rate plus 6d registration with curved red REGISTERED appended No.246 to J.S. Frites, Cashier Westmoreland Bank, Moncton, New Brunswick b/stamped Charlottetown SE 27 1866. Internally backed to cover the base missing portion fault but a fine exhibition item ex CROSBY, CARR). £1825 |
;) | JAMAICA QV 1d KEYPLATE CATALOGUE - INDIVIDUAL PRICING OF 283 COMBINATIONS. PRICE £48 (WIP-276 digital pdf) There is no other QV reign issue in the British West Indies group that can provide such a fascinating collection of different postmark combinations. This 1889 stamp has numerals, rare temporary datestamps, skeletons, double rings, and cds and although 283 combinations are illustrated the complete listing will be above 300 with possibilities of new discoveries. There are no Kingston (an exception being the illustrated half moon TOO LATE) and the price of £48 includes two free updates as and when requested as this "work-in-progress" pdf will have additions as they come to hand (no trade or customer discounts). Payable by PayPal or UK bank transfer (Barclays Bank account now closed). Orders can be made in "BUY THE BEST" section of the shop and this complete file can be transmitted very shortly after your order is to hand (a few interesting QV 1d Keyplate covers have been added purely for interest, unpriced). £48 |
;) | RETALIATORY RATE (JY to DE 1848) - UNIQUE FROM BARBADOS (BAR69930) From May 1848 R.M.S.P. steamers travelled from the British West Indies to New York (the service ended January 1850 (21 round trips) - this complete entire with BARBADOES NO 22 1848 dbl-arc prepaid 2/- to William P. Hinds, Philadelphia arrived NEW YORK/SHIP/DEC 11 and was given a blue ink retaliatory rate charge of \\\"58\\\" (double 24c plus 10c = 58 cents). A unique exhibition item (written up BCPSG Journal June 1992). USA RETALIATORY RATE OF 1848 - During the period of 1847, usual practice was to prepay only U.S. internal postage on overseas letters, e.g. 5¢ under 300 and 10¢ over 300 miles, except from California. Letters sent via British Cunard liners were charged the British rate of 24¢ in addition, while the U.S. Ocean Line charged 24¢ from New York, adding the 5¢ or 10¢ if posted elsewhere. Until 1849 England did not accept prepayment via the Ocean Line and charged again (discriminatory rate). The U.S. retaliated in 1848 and doubled the charge on prepaid Cunard letters (retaliatory rate). £825 |